Night Strike wrote:karel wrote:Night Strike wrote:Biggest headline: people are moving out of democratic states into republican states. Hopefully they don't keep those same values that have been tearing down the states they left.
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Enjoy ignoring facts? Illinois and New York are states dominated by liberals, yet they lost people. Texas is a very conservative state and Florida has no state income tax. Both gained in population. Liberal states of California, New York, and Illinois have the largest state deficits in the country. Conservative states are either balanced or run surpluses. New Jersey was massively in a deficit, and a conservative governor has begun to restore order to their fiscal situation. Liberal spending policies have bankrupted the states that they have been living in, so now they're moving on to other states and naively thinking the same policies won't bankrupt those states.
You know what's a useful skill, nightstrike? Being able to think for oneself. Let's stop assuming for one sec that all people in blue states are liberals and all people in red states are conservatives. There's demographics and then there's generalisations. I have no doubt that you have been spoon fed the story of the stampede of liberals who are moving states, voting and destroying the states behind them. Why does it have to be that reason though?
It could be that conservatives in blue states, convinced by partisan politics that their state is embarking on socialism etc, are leaving for red states. Things have been getting very divided now especially on key issues.
Another thing that you could notice is the urban vs rural split, though that is commonly related to political affiliation. New York is an expensive place to live and perhaps people who are unemployed or cannot afford a place in an expensive urban location are moving to cheaper rural ones.
It also could be due to age. As most people know, the population of most western countries is ageing, that is the elderly are an increasing proportion of the overall population. This movement could be due to retirements.
It could be due to job demand being down in urban locations, leading to a then expected migration towards rural areas perhaps.
My point is, rather than blindly accepting what you'e been told about events you should think for yourself. The facts are so far pretty bare and it's pretty hard to be sure of what the main motivating factor is, hint people could be moving for different reasons.
